Carris (East Coorow) Good morning everyone! My name's Carris. I help manage a 10,000 acre crop and sheep farm East of Coorow, Western Australia, along with my parents and brother. My brother and I are fourth generation farmers, with Grandad starting this farm in 1930 and Great Grandad farming a nearby farm before that. I'll be hosting the Wheatbelt Local Instagram for today, so that hopefully you can gain some insight into a day's work on our farm. I hope that you enjoy my posts! It's 9:30am and every second day in summer we check the sheep to make sure that they have clean water and that they are all healthy and happy in their paddocks. We currently only have about 800 sheep, which is small compared to other sheep farmers. This means I only have 3 mobs to check – the ewes, wethers and lambs. #LifeInTheWheatbelt #Wheatbelt #merino #sheep #thankafarmerforyournextmeal #westernaustralia #australia @windmere_farm A photo posted by Wheatbelt Local (@wheatbeltlocal) on Dec 15, 2015 at 5:38pm PST 10am – making sure the lambs have clean water. Keeping the sheep healthy and happy is our number one priority! #LifeInTheWheatbelt #Wheatbelt #thankafarmerforyournextmeal #westernaustralia #australia #merino #sheep @windmere_farm A photo posted by Wheatbelt Local (@wheatbeltlocal) on Dec 15, 2015 at 6:53pm PST 11:30am – feeding the Rams. We supplementary feed them a mix of barley, oats and lupins to help get them fit, fertile and ready for when we join them with the ewes in January #LifeInTheWheatbelt #Wheatbelt #westernaustralia #australia #merino #suffolk #sheep @windmere_farm A photo posted by Wheatbelt Local (@wheatbeltlocal) on Dec 16, 2015 at 12:04am PST 1pm – Cleaning out the workshop, because it is very untidy! And also, we need to move the header platform in so we can do some work to it #LifeInTheWheatbelt #Wheatbelt #australia #westernaustralia @windmere_farm A photo posted by Wheatbelt Local (@wheatbeltlocal) on Dec 16, 2015 at 12:04am PST 4pm – Blowing down the header. Now that harvest has finished for us, our machinery needs to be blown down (using the air compressor), washed, oiled, detailed and sometimes serviced. This is by far the worst job on the farm. You get covered head to toe in itchy chaff. Best saved for early in the morning or late afternoon when it's cooler. #LifeInTheWheatbelt #Wheatbelt #westernaustralia #australia #johndeere #s670 #harvest2015 @windmere_farm A photo posted by Wheatbelt Local (@wheatbeltlocal) on Dec 16, 2015 at 12:51am PST Thank you Wheatbelt Local for letting me host their Instagram for the day! #LifeInTheWheatbelt #Wheatbelt #westernaustralia #australia #sunset @windmere_farm A photo posted by Wheatbelt Local (@wheatbeltlocal) on Dec 16, 2015 at 4:15am PST